There are cars that will stop if backed into an object, but the sensors are down on the bumper. The gate arm was snagged up near the top of the tailgate. If it was an auto brake issue the car would have stopped before hitting the gate at all.
This doesn't look like a four quadrant gate, I wonder why they just didn't go forward.
This doesn't look like a four quadrant gate, I wonder why they just didn't go forward.